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Back up your iPhone photos with photo sync Photo sync uploads every photo and video in your library to FrameCast in the background, so you can find them on the web and your Mac.
Where to find it iPhone → Files → Photo sync
How to do it 1 In the Files tab, tap Photo sync .
2 Turn on Sync photos to FrameCast and allow access to all photos.
3 Under What to send , choose Photos to send : everything, or New photos from now on . Tap Albums to send only certain albums.
4 Set Include videos , Skip screenshots , and Wi-Fi only .
5 Photos land in Camera Uploads in My Files unless you change Save to .
Good to know iOS uploads in the background when it can, mostly while the iPhone charges on Wi-Fi. Photos stay in your photo library. Waiting to upload shows what hasn't gone yet. Photo sync stops when storage is full.
Who can use it Free; needs sign-in
Where it works iPhone This guide answers How do I back up my iPhone photos to FrameCast? Is FrameCast an iCloud Photos alternative? Can I sync only some albums? Can I skip screenshots? Why are my photos still waiting to upload? Does photo sync use cellular data? Related guides Send iPhone photos to a team folder
Point photo sync at a team's photo folder or any folder you choose. Team photos are filed by person, year, and month unless an admin changes it.
Get more storage, or fix storage full
See how much storage you've used and add more. When storage is full, uploads and photo sync pause, but nothing already stored is deleted.
Share a recording's link or file from your iPhone
Make a link anyone can watch in a browser, with captions and a transcript, or send the video file, save it to Photos, or back up the original.
Export from the iPhone editor as MP4, HEVC, ProRes, or GIF
Export your edit as a new recording (MP4 or HEVC) or as a ProRes or GIF file to send or save to Photos. The original is never changed.
Still stuck? Support covers install, permissions and how to send feedback from the app.
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